Oberhausen-Sterkrade station

Location
	Oberhausen-Sterkrade Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Oberhausen-Sterkrade
Oberhausen-Sterkrade
	Oberhausen-Sterkrade station building with tram and bus stop in 2015
General information
Location	Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Coordinates	51°30′42″N6°50′37″E / 51.51167°N 6.84361°E
Owned by	DB Netz
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Arnhem-Oberhausen railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Other information
Station code	4651
DS100 code	EOSD
IBNR	8004542
Category	5
Fare zone	VRR: 242
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 July 1856
Services
Location
Location
	Oberhausen-Sterkrade Location within North Rhine-Westphalia

Last updated August 13, 2024

Oberhausen-Sterkrade is a railway station in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station opened on 1 July 1856, is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and Abellio Deutschland.

Location and layout

Oberhausen-Sterkrade station is on the Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund railway (line 2206, Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof – Oberhausen-Sterkrade) and the Oberhausen–Arnhem railway (line 2270, Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof – Emmerich border – Arnhem). The neighbouring stations to the south are Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof (line 2270) and Oberhausen-Osterfeld (line 2206), while Oberhausen-Holten station is the next station to the north.

The station has six mainline tracks that run approximately in a south-north direction. Platform track 1 (to Emmerich) and 2 (from Emmerich) are the continuous mainline platform tracks. Track 3 serves as a passing track. Track 4 is used for traffic to the Oxea factory. Tracks 8 and 9 on the east side are used for parking trains, while a former siding to the GHH wheelset factory is no longer used. The entrance building is located east of platform 1. The station is equipped with a platform next to the station building on track 1 (172 metres long) and an island platform between tracks 2 and 3 (222 metres long). The platforms are 38 centimetres high with the exception of a short, raised area on platform 1.^[7] Within the station precinct, Rosastraße crosses the tracks to the south over a level crossing.

The station has two exits: the western one leads to the park-and-ride car park on Neumühler Straße in the Schwarze Heide district and the eastern one leads directly to the centre of Sterkrad. The exits can be reached via short ramps next to the stairs, but the island platform can only be reached by stairs so the station is not barrier-free.

History

The station was opened with the Oberhausen–Dinslaken section of the Oberhausen–Arnhem line on 1 July 1856.^[4] It was built and operated by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME), which was nationalised in 1880. The CME put the line between Schalke and Sterkrade into operation as part of the line that developed into the Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund railway (Emschertalbahn) on 15 November 1873. It was initially used only by freight trains, but passenger trains also ran on it from 1 July 1874. The section to Ruhrort was completed a year later, on 1 July 1875. Passenger traffic to Ruhrort started on 15 October 1875.^[8] Through trains from Osterfeld to Neumühl still had to reverse in Sterkrade until 1878.^[9]

In 1888, the station building was moved from the former Köln-Kalk station to Sterkrade.^[10] The building was 82 percent destroyed in the Second World War. From November 1945 to May 1948, passenger and freight trains ran from Sterkrade via the Gutehoffnungshütte mechanical engineering works to Walsum and then via the Walsum Railway (Walsumbahn) to Spellen. This section of the line was no longer connected to the rest of the rail network due to the demolition of two bridges by German troops at the end of the war.^[11] The design of the new entrance building was completed in December 1950. The two storey-high ticket hall would be in the left part of the building, the middle part would comprise the station restaurant and service rooms, while baggage handling would be housed in a flat extension. The building was approved on 4 January 1951 and completed the following year.^[12]

The "Osf" relay interlocking was opened on the ground floor of an annex in 1973. It replaced three older mechanical signal boxes. The station was connected to the computer-based interlocking at Emmerich in June 2013.^[4]

Proposed development

As part of the upgrade of the line to the Netherlands, the station is to be extensively renovated. Two new tracks will be built along the existing line to the south of the station and the connecting curve to Oberhausen-Osterfeld is to be upgraded to include two tracks for freight traffic. The freight tracks are to run to the north of the station. The Rosastraße level crossing is to be replaced by an overpass. Two island platforms with a height of 76 centimetres high will replace the existing platforms. Barrier-free access will be provided by ramps at the exits and lifts to the platforms.^[13]

Transport services

Oberhausen-Sterkrade station is served (as of 2020) by the following lines (the Wupper-Lippe-Express operates on weekdays only):^[14]

Line	Line name	Route	Frequency
RE 5	Rhein-Express	Emmerich – Wesel – Oberhausen-Sterkrade – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Bonn – Remagen – Andernach – Koblenz	60 mins
RE 19	Rhein-IJssel-Express	Arnhem – Emmerich – Wesel – Oberhausen-Sterkrade – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf	60 mins
RE 49	Wupper-Lippe-Express	Wesel – Oberhausen-Sterkrade – Oberhausen – Mülheim – Essen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel – Wuppertal	60 mins

Buses and trams

The station is served by numerous bus routes. It is served by tramline 112 on the Oberhausen-Sterkrade, Neumarkt – Oberhausen-Sterkrade Bf – Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof – Mülheim – Hauptfriedhof route.

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References

Footnotes

1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
↑ "112 Hauptfriedhof - Kaiserplatz - Landwehr - Oberhausen Hbf - Neue Mitte - OB Neumarkt und zurück" (PDF). Ruhrbahn. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
1 2 3 Joost, André. "Oberhausen-Sterkrade station operations". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
↑ Lindemann p.25
↑ Lindemann p.56
↑ "Bahnsteiginformationen, Station Oberhausen-Sterkrade" (in German). Deutsche Bahn AG. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
↑ Joost, André. "Line 2206: Abzw Bickern – Meiderich Nord". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
↑ Joost, André. "Line 2260: Abzw Grafenbusch – Duisburg-Neumühl". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
↑ Lindemann, Alfred (1990). Chronologie Sterkrade (in German). Eigenverlag. p. 25.
↑ Wuwer, Heinrich (2013). 100 Jahre Hochbahn. Die Eisenbahnlinie Oberhausen – Hamborn – Walsum – Möllen – Spellen – Wesel (in German). Voerde: Heimatverein Voerde. pp. 15–21.
↑ Schack, Martin (2004). Neue Bahnhöfe. Empfangsgebäude der Deutschen Bundesbahn 1948–1973 (in German). Berlin: VBN Verlag B. Neddermeyer. p. 140. ISBN 3-933254-49-3.
↑ "Ausbaustrecke Emmerich–Oberhausen. Planfeststellungsabschnitt 1.2 (Oberhausen-Sterkrade)" (PDF) (in German). DB ProjektBau. May 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
↑ Joost, André. "Oberhausen-Sterkrade station". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2020.

Sources

Alfred Lindemann: Chronologie Sterkrade published by the author

External links

"Oberhausen-Sterkrade station" (in German). Deutsche Bahn . Retrieved 7 July 2013.

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[categories-1] 1 2 "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024](PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[Eisenbahnatlas-2] Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.

[3] "112 Hauptfriedhof - Kaiserplatz - Landwehr - Oberhausen Hbf - Neue Mitte - OB Neumarkt und zurück" (PDF). Ruhrbahn. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

[operations-4] 1 2 3 Joost, André. "Oberhausen-Sterkrade station operations". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[5] Lindemann p.25

[6] Lindemann p.56

[7] "Bahnsteiginformationen, Station Oberhausen-Sterkrade" (in German). Deutsche Bahn AG. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[8] Joost, André. "Line 2206: Abzw Bickern – Meiderich Nord". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[9] Joost, André. "Line 2260: Abzw Grafenbusch – Duisburg-Neumühl". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[10] Lindemann, Alfred (1990). Chronologie Sterkrade (in German). Eigenverlag. p. 25.

[Wuwer_15-21-11] Wuwer, Heinrich (2013). 100 Jahre Hochbahn. Die Eisenbahnlinie Oberhausen – Hamborn – Walsum – Möllen – Spellen – Wesel (in German). Voerde: Heimatverein Voerde. pp. 15–21.

[12] Schack, Martin (2004). Neue Bahnhöfe. Empfangsgebäude der Deutschen Bundesbahn 1948–1973 (in German). Berlin: VBN Verlag B. Neddermeyer. p. 140. ISBN 3-933254-49-3.

[13] "Ausbaustrecke Emmerich–Oberhausen. Planfeststellungsabschnitt 1.2 (Oberhausen-Sterkrade)" (PDF) (in German). DB ProjektBau. May 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[station-14] Joost, André. "Oberhausen-Sterkrade station". NRW rail archive (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2020.

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